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Priyabrata Mukherjee honored for cancer research at OU
Mukherjee leads a multidisciplinary laboratory that includes early-career faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and research technicians.
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Pranavi Sharma - Wed, 15, Apr 2026
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Priyabrata Mukherjee / University of Oklahoma
Indian American researcher Priyabrata Mukherjee, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Poona, has been awarded the Stanton L. Young Excellence in Research Award by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. The honor recognizes his contributions to basic and translational science.
Mukherjee, a professor in the Department of Pathology, was honored for his work in nanoscience and molecular oncology, as well as his role advancing collaborative research. The award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize, supports research that advances knowledge, improves patient outcomes and strengthens the university’s academic mission.
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At the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center, Mukherjee serves as senior director of Research Partnership and Collaboration and co-director of the Nanomedicine Program. His research has been continuously funded through R01 grants, widely regarded as the gold standard in National Institutes of Health funding. He is currently the principal investigator on three R01 grants and co-principal investigator on four others.
Colleagues supporting his nomination described him as “an outstanding biomedical engineer and scientist whose highly creative past and ongoing work holds great promise for our fellow Oklahomans and patients far beyond.” They added that his work demonstrates “incredible depth and maturation” and noted his ability to “build large teams of funded investigators who are doing cutting-edge, impactful research.”
Mukherjee leads a multidisciplinary laboratory that includes early-career faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and research technicians. His work focuses on tumor biology and tumor microenvironments, as well as protein-nanoparticle interactions and their applications in targeted therapies.
He has received multiple honors, including the George Lynn Cross Professorship and the Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professorship, and holds the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Endowed Chair in Cancer Laboratory Research. He is also a foreign fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and chair of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering.
Mukherjee earned a master’s degree from the University of Burdwan in 1994 and a Ph.D. from the University of Poona in 2000, both in chemistry. He later completed postdoctoral and fellowship training at Texas Christian University, Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic.
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